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New Director of Records Management Training

National Archives Records Express

Christopher “Eddie” Kline joined our staff as the new Director of Records Management Training program in May and we asked him a few questions. New Records Management Training program director, Christopher “Eddie” Kline. My familiarity with records management training was limited.

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Resourceful Records Managers!

The Schedule

And, now for our much awaited series: Resourceful Records Managers! This month we meet George Despres, the Program Director for University Records Management at Brandeis University. What led you to choose your current career in Records Management? I also received my records management certification (CRM).

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Records Vs. Non-Records

AIIM

If you are new to records management , some of the following may need a little getting used to, especially if you associate ‘ anything that is in a file ’ with the idea of ‘ record ’. In fact, many items that people keep, or file, are definitely not records. Typical Examples of Records: Financial documents.

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The Strategic, the Tactical, and Agile Records Management

Brandeis Records Manager

Program Director for University Records Management, Brandeis University. I’ve lived through several such examples. Goals over objectives over actions is a necessary exercise for anyone serious about developing a program-level endeavor. We might substitute “agile” for “tactical” to illustrate with a few examples.

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Intelligent Information Management - Learning from CHOCOLATE?!

AIIM

Everyone participated and was engaged throughout - livened up with a few good stories and examples of lessons learned that they shared. For example, we had a good discussion on " systems of record " - that is, the idea that everyone has information, and should have a robust place to put it (i.e., The Taxonomy of Chocolate.

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The Bucketing Strategy as a Precautionary Solution

The Texas Record

Agencies or local governments that are tight on storage space might look forward to speedily carrying out disposition on records that have met their full retention periods, but there are cases when reaching a destruction eligibility date may not put the records manager in the clear to destroy or transfer those records.

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Antiquated Policy Wording: The Problem with “Must”

ARMA International

In traditional policy wording, writers use “must” to indicate that a requirement is mandatory, for example: Part 1. Look at the following example: Disposition of records must be approved by the vice-president. An alternate interpretation of the example is that it mandates the order of events in the process.